Exploration Awaits
One of the beauties travelling is the discovery of unique and extraordinary places. Like this hotel: a genuine work of modern art created inside a converted early 20th century automobile factory. The former Fiat car plant now houses North-West Italy's biggesttrade fair and convention center, an upscale shopping mall with the leading names in Italian design, an art gallery containing Giovanni Agnelli's collection of masterpieces (pinacoteca), a concert hall and a hypermarket dedicated exclusively to Slow Food.
Le Méridien Turin Art+Tech is a truly remarkable testament to Renzo Piano's visionary approach to contemporary design, a project that uses art and light in abundance to illuminate Turin's rich historical and cultural legacy against a backdrop of stunning Alpine scenery.
Turin manages to combine the stately aristocratic atmosphere of a former capital with the lively contemporary feel of an Olympic city. A stroll around Turin is a voyage of continual discovery: a Baroque courtyard evokes kings and carriages, a contemporary art installation arises among 17th century palaces, a coffee shop which elsewhere might be a museum serves the finest hot chocolate and pastries.
Turin is also home to some of the world's most important artistic and historic artifacts: drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and the Holy Shroud are near neighbors at the Royal Library and the Duomo respectively.
GREAT NEWS!! Do not miss out on the opportunity to connect to downtown via the 2nd line of Turin City Sightseeing: in fact, it will be passing by the hotel until June 6, 2010!!